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SCHEDULE BE+W+S+N.I. CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982

Part IE+W+S+N.I. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law:

Guarantee of Rights and FreedomsE+W+S+N.I.

Rights and freedoms in CanadaE+W+S+N.I.

1The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

Fundamental FreedomsE+W+S+N.I.

Fundamental freedomsE+W+S+N.I.

2Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:

(a)freedom of conscience and religion;

(b)freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;

(c)freedom of peaceful assembly; and

(d)freedom of association.

Democratic RightsE+W+S+N.I.

Democratic rights of citizensE+W+S+N.I.

3Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein.

Maximum duration of legislative bodiesE+W+S+N.I.

4(1)No House of Commons and no legislative assembly shall continue for longer than five years from the date fixed for the return of the writs at a general election of its members.

(2)[Continuation in special circumstances] In time of real or apprehended war, invasion or insurrection, a House of Commons may be continued by Parliament and a legislative assembly may be continued by the legislature beyond five years if such continuation is not opposed by the votes of more than one-third of the members of the House of Commons or the legislative assembly, as the case may be.

Annual sitting of legislative bodiesE+W+S+N.I.

5There shall be a sitting of Parliament and of each legislature at least once every twelve months.

Mobility RightsE+W+S+N.I.

Mobility of citizensE+W+S+N.I.

6(1)Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada.

(2)[Rights to move and gain livelihood] Every citizen of Canada and every person who has the status of a permanent resident of Canada has the right

(a)to move to and take up residence in any province; and

(b)to pursue the gaining of a livelihood in any province.

(3)[Limitation] The rights specified in subsection (2) are subject to

(a)any laws or practices of general application in force in a province other than those that discriminate among persons primarily on the basis of province of present or previous residence; and

(b)any laws providing for reasonable residency requirements as a qualification for the receipt of publicly provided social services.

(4)[Affirmative action programs] Subsections (2) and (3) do not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration in a province of conditions of individuals in that province who are socially or economically disadvantaged if the rate of employment in that province is below the rate of employment in Canada.

Legal RightsE+W+S+N.I.

Life, liberty and security of personE+W+S+N.I.

7Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.

Search or seizureE+W+S+N.I.

8Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.

Detention or imprisonmentE+W+S+N.I.

9Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned.

Arrest or detentionE+W+S+N.I.

10Everyone has the right on arrest or detention

(a)to be informed promptly of the reasons therefor;

(b)to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right; and

(c)to have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful.

Proceedings in criminal and penal mattersE+W+S+N.I.

11Any person charged with an offence has the right

(a)to be informed without unreasonable delay of the specific offence;

(b)to be tried within a reasonable time;

(c)not to be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against that person in respect of the offence:

(d)to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal;

(e)not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause;

(f)except in the case of an offence under military law tried before a military tribunal, to the benefit of trial by jury where the maximum punishment for the offence is imprisonment for five years or a more severe punishment;

(g)not to be found guilty on account of any act or omission unless, at the time of the act or omission, it constituted an offence under Canadian or international law or was criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations;

(h)if finally acquitted of the offence, not to be tried for it again and, if finally found guilty and punished for the offence, not to be tried or punished for it again; and

(i)if found guilty of the offence and if the punishment for the offence has been varied between the time of commission and the time of sentencing, to the benefit of the lesser punishment.

Treatment or punishmentE+W+S+N.I.

12Everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.

Self-criminationE+W+S+N.I.

13A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.

InterpreterE+W+S+N.I.

14A party or witness in any proceedings who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an interpreter.

Equality RightsE+W+S+N.I.

Equality before and under law and equal protection and benefit of lawE+W+S+N.I.

15(1)Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

(2)[Affirmative action programs] Subsection (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

Official Languages of CanadaE+W+S+N.I.

Official languages of CanadaE+W+S+N.I.

16(1)English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and government of Canada.

(2)[Official languages of New Brunswick] English and French are the official languages of New Brunswick and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the legislature and government of New Brunswick.

(3)[Advancement of status and use] Nothing in this Charter limits the authority of Parliament or a legislature to advance the equality of status or use of English and French.

Proceedings of ParliamentE+W+S+N.I.

17(1)Everyone has the right to use English or French in any debates and other proceedings of Parliament.

(2)[Proceedings of New Brunswick legislature] Everyone has the right to use English or French in any debates and other proceedings of the legislature of New Brunswick.

Parliamentary statutes and recordsE+W+S+N.I.

18(1)The statutes, records and journals of Parliament shall be printed and published in English and French and both language versions are equally authoritative.

(2)[New Brunswick statutes and records] The statutes, records and journals of the legislature of New Brunswick shall be printed and published in English and French and both language versions are equally authoritative.

Proceedings in courts established by ParliamentE+W+S+N.I.

19(1)Either English or French may be used by any person in, or in any pleading in or process issuing from, any court established by Parliament.

(2)[Proceedings in New Brunswick courts] Either English or French may be used by any person in, or in any pleading in or process issuing from, any court of New Brunswick.

Communications by public with federal institutionsE+W+S+N.I.

20(1)Any member of the public in Canada has the right to communicate with, and to receive available services from, any head or central office of an institution of the Parliament or government of Canada in English or French, and has the same right with respect to any other office of any such institution where

(a)there is a significant demand for communications with and services from that office in such language; or

(b)due to the nature of the office, it is reasonable that communications with and services from that office be available in both English and French.

(2)[Communications by public with New Brunswick institutions] Any member of the public in New Brunswick has the right to communicate with, and to receive available services from, any office of an institution of the legislature or government of New Brunswick in English or French.

Continuation of existing constitutional provisionsE+W+S+N.I.

21Nothing in sections 16 to 20 abrogates or derogates from any right, privilege or obligation with respect to the English and French languages, or either of them, that exists or is continued by virtue of any other provision of the Constitution of Canada.

Rights and privileges preservedE+W+S+N.I.

22Nothing in sections 16 to 20 abrogates or derogates from any legal or customary right or privilege acquired or enjoyed either before or after the coming into force of this Charter with respect to any language that is not English or French.

Minority Language Educational RightsE+W+S+N.I.

Language of instructionE+W+S+N.I.

23(1)Citizens of Canada

(a)whose first language learned and still understood is that of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province in which they reside, or

(b)who have received their primary school instruction in Canada in English or French and reside in a province where the language in which they received that instruction is the language of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province,

have the right to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in that language in that province.

(2)[Continuity of language instruction] Citizens of Canada of whom any child has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in Canada, have the right to have all their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the same language.

(3)[Application where numbers warrant] The right of citizens of Canada under subsections (1) and (2) to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the language of the English or French linguistic minority population of a province

(a)applies wherever in the province the number of children of citizens who have such a right is sufficient to warrant the provision to them out of public funds of minority language instruction; and

(b)includes, where the number of those children so warrants, the right to have them receive that instruction in minority language educational facilities provided out of public funds.

EnforcementE+W+S+N.I.

Enforcement of guaranteed rights and freedomsE+W+S+N.I.

24(1)Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter, have been infringed or denied may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such remedy as the court considers appropriate and just in the circumstances.

(2)[Exclusion of evidence bringing administration of justice into disrepute] Where, in proceedings under subsection (1), a court concludes that evidence was obtained in a manner that infringed or denied any rights or freedoms guaranteed by this Charter, the evidence shall be excluded if it is established that, having regard to all the circumstances, the admission of it in the proceedings would bring the administration of justice into disrepute.

GeneralE+W+S+N.I.

Aboriginal rights and freedoms not affected by CharterE+W+S+N.I.

25The guarantee in this Charter of certain rights and freedoms shall not be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from any aboriginal, treaty or other rights or freedoms that pertain to the aboriginal peoples of Canada including

(a)any rights or freedoms that have been recognized by the Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763; and

(b)any rights or freedoms that may be acquired by the aboriginal peoples of Canada by way of land claims settlement.

Other rights and freedoms not affected by CharterE+W+S+N.I.

26The guarantee in this Charter of certain rights and freedoms shall not be construed as denying the existence of any other rights or freedoms that exist in Canada.

Multicultural heritageE+W+S+N.I.

27This Charter shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the preservation and enhancement of the multicultural heritage of Canadians.

Rights guaranteed equally to both sexesE+W+S+N.I.

28Notwithstanding anything in this Charter, the rights and freedoms referred to in it are guaranteed equally to male and female persons.

Rights respecting certain schools preservedE+W+S+N.I.

29Nothing in this Charter abrogates or derogates from any rights or privileges guaranteed by or under the Constitution of Canada in respect of denominational, separate or dissentient schools.

Application to territories and territorial authoritiesE+W+S+N.I.

30A reference in this Charter to a province or to the legislative assembly or legislature of a province shall be deemed to include a reference to the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, or to the appropriate legislative authority thereof, as the case may be.

Legislative powers not extendedE+W+S+N.I.

31Nothing in this Charter extends the legislative powers of any body or authority.

Application of CharterE+W+S+N.I.

Application of CharterE+W+S+N.I.

32(1)This Charter applies

(a)to the Parliament and government of Canada in respect of all matters within the authority of Parliament including all matters relating to the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories; and

(b)to the legislature and government of each province in respect of all matters within the authority of the legislature of each province.

(2)[Exception] Notwithstanding subsection (1), section 15 shall not have effect until three years after this section comes into force.

Exception where express declarationE+W+S+N.I.

33(1)Parliament or the legislature of a province may expressly declare in an Act of Parliament or of the legislature, as the case may be, that the Act or a provision thereof shall operate notwithstanding a provision included in section 2 or sections 7 to 15 of this Charter.

(2)[Operation of exception] An Act or a provision of an Act in respect of which a declaration made under this section is in effect shall have such operation as it would have but for the provision of this Charter referred to in the declaration.

(3)[Five year limitation] A declaration made under subsection (1) shall cease to have effect five years after it comes into force or on such earlier date as may be specified in the declaration.

(4)[Re-enactment] Parliament or the legislature of a province may re-enact a declaration made under subsection (1).

(5)[Five year limitation] Subsection (3) applies in respect of a re-enactment made under subsection (4).

CitationE+W+S+N.I.

CitationE+W+S+N.I.

34This Part may be cited as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Part IIE+W+S+N.I. Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada

Recognition of existing aboriginal and treaty rightsE+W+S+N.I.

35(1)The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed.

(2)[Definition of “aboriginal peoples of Canada”] In this Act, “aboriginal peoples of Canada” includes the Indian, Inuit and Metis peoples of Canada.

Part IIIE+W+S+N.I. Equalization and Regional Disparities

Commitment to promote equal opportunitiesE+W+S+N.I.

36(1)Without altering the legislative authority of Parliament or of the provincial legislatures, or the rights of any of them with respect to the exercise of their legislative authority, Parliament and the legislatures, together with the government of Canada and the provincial governments, are committed to

(a)promoting equal opportunities for the well-being of Canadians;

(b)furthering economic development to reduce disparity in opportunities; and

(c)providing essential public services of reasonable quality to all Canadians.

(2)[Commitment respecting public services] Parliament and the government of Canada are committed to the principle of making equalization payments to ensure that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to provide reasonably comparable levels of public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation.

Part IVE+W+S+N.I. Constitutional Conference

Constitutional conferenceE+W+S+N.I.

37(1)A constitutional conference composed of the Prime Minister of Canada and the first ministers of the provinces shall be convened by the Prime Minister of Canada within one year after this Part comes into force.

(2)[Participation of aboriginal peoples] The conference convened under subsection (1) shall have included in its agenda an item respecting constitutional matters that directly affect the aboriginal peoples of Canada, including the identification and definition of the rights of those peoples to be included in the Constitution of Canada, and the Prime Minister of Canada shall invite representatives of those peoples to participate in the discussions on that item.

(3)[Participation of territories] The Prime Minister of Canada shall invite elected representatives of the governments of the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories to participate in the discussions on any item on the agenda of the conference convened under subsection (1) that, in the opinion of the Prime Minister, directly affects the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories.

Part VE+W+S+N.I. Procedure for amending Constitution of Canada

General procedure for amending Constitution of CanadaE+W+S+N.I.

38(1)An amendment to the Constitution of Canada may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada where so authorized by

(a)resolutions of the Senate and House of Commons; and

(b)resolutions of the legislative assemblies of at least two-thirds of the provinces that have, in the aggregate, according to the then latest general census, at least fifty per cent. of the population of all the provinces.

(2)[Majority of members] An amendment made under subsection (1) that derogates from the legislative powers, the proprietary rights or any other rights or privileges of the legislature or government of a province shall require a resolution supported by a majority of the members of each of the Senate, the House of Commons and the legislative assemblies required under subsection (1).

(3)[Expression of dissent] An amendment referred to in subsection (2) shall not have effect in a province the legislative assembly of which has expressed its dissent thereto by resolution supported by a majority of its members prior to the issue of the proclamation to which the amendment relates unless that legislative assembly, subsequently, by resolution supported by a majority of its members, revokes its dissent and authorizes the amendment.

(4)[Revocation of dissent] A resolution of dissent made for the purposes of subsection (3) may be revoked at any time before or after the issue of the proclamation to which it relates.

Restriction on proclamationE+W+S+N.I.

39(1)A proclamation shall not be issued under subsection 38(1) before the expiration of one year from the adoption of the resolution initiating the amendment procedure thereunder, unless the legislative assembly of each province has previously adopted a resolution of assent or dissent.

(2)[Idem] A proclamation shall not be issued under subsection 38(1) after the expiration of three years from the adoption of the resolution initiating the amendment procedure thereunder.

CompensationE+W+S+N.I.

40Where an amendment is made under subsection 38(1) that transfers provincial legislative powers relating to education or other cultural matters from provincial legislatures to Parliament, Canada shall provide reasonable compensation to any province to which the amendment does not apply.

Amendment by unanimous consentE+W+S+N.I.

41An amendment to the Constitution of Canada in relation to the following matters may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada only where authorized by resolutions of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislative assembly of each province:

(a)the office of the Queen, the Governor General and the Lieutenant Governor of a province;

(b)the right of a province to a number of members in the House of Commons not less than the number of Senators by which the province is entitled to be represented at the time this Part comes into force;

(c)subject to section 43, the use of the English or the French language;

(d)the composition of the Supreme Court of Canada; and

(e)an amendment to this Part.

Amendment by general procedureE+W+S+N.I.

42(1)An amendment to the Constitution of Canada in relation to the following matters may be made only in accordance with subsection 38(1):

(a)the principle of proportionate representation of the provinces in the House of Commons prescribed by the Constitution of Canada;

(b)the powers of the Senate and the method of selecting Senators;

(c)the number of members by which a province is entitled to be represented in the Senate and the residence qualifications of Senators;

(d)subject to paragraph 41(d), the Supreme Court of Canada;

(e)the extension of existing provinces into the territories; and

(f)notwithstanding any other law or practice, the establishment of new provinces.

(2)[Exception] Subsections 38(2) to (4) do not apply in respect of amendments in relation to matters referred to in subsection (1).

Amendment of provisions relating to some but not all provincesE+W+S+N.I.

43An amendment to the Constitution of Canada in relation to any provision that applies to one or more, but not all, provinces, including

(a)any alteration to boundaries between provinces, and

(b)any amendment to any provision that relates to the use of the English or the French language within a province,

may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada only where so authorized by resolution of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislative assembly of each province to which the amendment applies.

Amendments by ParliamentE+W+S+N.I.

44Subject to sections 41 and 42, Parliament may exclusively make laws amending the Constitution of Canada in relation to the executive government of Canada or the Senate and House of Commons.

Amendments by provincial legislaturesE+W+S+N.I.

45Subject to section 41, the legislature of each province may exclusively make laws amending the constitution of the province.

Initiation of amendment proceduresE+W+S+N.I.

46(1)The procedures for amendment under sections 38, 41, 42 and 43 may be initiated either by the Senate or the House of Commons or by the legislative assembly of a province.

(2)[Revocation of authorization] A resolution of assent made for the purposes of this Part may be revoked at any time before the issue of a proclamation authorized by it.

Amendments without Senate resolutionE+W+S+N.I.

47(1)An amendment to the Constitution of Canada made by proclamation under section 38, 41, 42 or 43 may be made without a resolution of the Senate authorizing the issue of the proclamation if, within one hundred and eighty days after the adoption by the House of Commons of a resolution authorizing its issue, the Senate has not adopted such a resolution and if, at any time after the expiration of that period, the House of Commons again adopts the resolution.

(2)[Computation of period] Any period when Parliament is prorogued or dissolved shall not be counted in computing the one hundred and eighty day period referred to in subsection (1).

Advice to issue proclamationE+W+S+N.I.

48The Queen’s Privy Council for Canada shall advise the Governor General to issue a proclamation under this Part forthwith on the adoption of the resolutions required for an amendment made by proclamation under this Part.

Constitutional conferenceE+W+S+N.I.

49A constitutional conference composed of the Prime Minister of Canada and the first ministers of the provinces shall be convened by the Prime Minister of Canada within fifteen years after this Part comes into force to review the provisions of this Part.

Part VIE+W+S+N.I. Amendment to the Constitution Act, 1867

Amendment to Constitution Act 1867.E+W+S+N.I.

50The Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly named the British North America Act, 1867) is amended by adding thereto, immediately after section 92 thereof, the following heading and section:

(1)In each province, the legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to

(a)exploration for non-renewable natural resources in the province;

(b)development, conservation and management of non-renewable natural resources and forestry resources in the province, including laws in relation to the rate of primary production therefrom; and

(c)development, conservation and management of sites and facilities in the province for the generation and production of electrical energy.

(2)[Export from provinces of resources] In each province, the legislature may make laws in relation to the export from the province to another part of Canada of the primary production from non-renewable natural resources and forestry resources in the province and the production from facilities in the province for the generation of electrical energy, but such laws may not authorize or provide for discrimination in prices or in supplies exported to another part of Canada.

(3)[Authority of Parliament] Nothing in subsection (2) derogates from the authority of Parliament to enact laws in relation to the matters referred to in that subsection and, where such a law of Parliament and a law of a province conflict, the law of Parliament prevails to the extent of the conflict.

(4)[Taxation of resources] In each province, the legislature may make laws in relation to the raising of money by any mode or system of taxation in respect of

(a)non-renewable natural resources and forestry resources in the province and the primary production therefrom, and

(b)sites and facilities in the province for the generation of electrical energy and the production therefrom,

whether or not such production is exported in whole or in part from the province, but such laws may not authorize or provide for taxation that differentiates between production exported to another part of Canada and production not exported from the province.

(5)[“Primary production”] The expression “primary production” has the meaning assigned by the Sixth Schedule.

(6)[Existing powers or rights] Nothing in subsections (1) to (5) derogates from any powers or rights that a legislature or government of a province had immediately before the coming into force of this section.”

IdemE+W+S+N.I.

51The said Act is further amended by adding thereto the following Schedule:

“THE SIXTH SCHEDULEE+W+S+N.I.

Primary Production from Non-Renewable Natural Resources and Forestry ResourcesE+W+S+N.I.

1For the purposes of section 92A of this Act,

(a)production from a non-renewable natural resource is primary production therefrom if

(i)it is in the form in which it exists upon its recovery or severance from its natural state, or

(ii)it is a product resulting from processing or refining the resource, and is not a manufactured product or a product resulting from refining crude oil, refining upgraded heavy crude oil, refining gases or liquids derived from coal or refining a synthetic equivalent of crude oil; and

(b)production from a forestry resource is primary production therefrom if it consists of sawlogs, poles, lumber, wood chips, sawdust or any other primary wood product, or wood pulp, and is not a product manufactured from wood.”

Part VIIE+W+S+N.I. General

Primacy of Constitution of CanadaE+W+S+N.I.

52(1)The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada, and any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect.

(2)[Constitution of Canada] The Constitution of Canada includes

(a)the Canada Act 1982, including this Act;

(b)the Acts and orders referred to in the schedule; and

(c)any amendment to any Act or order referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

(3)[Amendments to Constitution of Canada] Amendments to the Constitution of Canada shall be made only in accordance with the authority contained in the Constitution of Canada.

Repeals and new namesE+W+S+N.I.

53(1)The enactments referred to in Column I of the schedule are hereby repealed or amended to the extent indicated in Column II thereof and, unless repealed, shall continue as law in Canada under the names set out in Column III thereof.

(2)[Consequential amendments] Every enactment, except the Canada Act 1982, that refers to an enactment referred to in the schedule by the name in Column I thereof is hereby amended by substituting for that name the corresponding name in Column III thereof, and any British North America Act not referred to in the Schedule may be cited as the Constitution Act followed by the year and number, if any, of its enactment.

Repeal and consequential amendmentsE+W+S+N.I.

54Part IV is repealed on the day that is one year after this Part comes into force and this section may be repealed and this Act renumbered, consequentially upon the repeal of Part IV and this section, by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada.

French version of Constitution of CanadaE+W+S+N.I.

55A French version of the portions of the Constitution of Canada referred to in the schedule shall be prepared by the Minister of Justice of Canada as expeditiously as possible and, when any portion thereof sufficient to warrant action being taken has been so prepared, it shall be put forward for enactment by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada pursuant to the procedure then applicable to an amendment of the same provisions of the Constitution of Canada.

English and French versions of certain constitutional textsE+W+S+N.I.

56Where any portion of the Constitution of Canada has been or is enacted in English and French or where a French version of any portion of the Constitution is enacted pursuant to section 55, the English and French versions of that portion of the Constitution are equally authoritative.

English and French versions of this ActE+W+S+N.I.

57The English and French versions of this Act are equally authoritative.

CommencementE+W+S+N.I.

58Subject to section 59, this Act shall come into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation issued by the Queen or the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada.

Commencement of paragraph 23(1)(a) in respect of QuebecE+W+S+N.I.

59(1)Paragraph 23(1)(a) shall come into force in respect of Quebec on a day to be fixed by proclamation issued by the Queen or the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada.

(2)[Authorization of Quebec] A proclamation under subsection (1) shall be issued only where authorized by the legislative assembly or government of Quebec.

(3)[Repeal of this section] This section may be repealed on the day paragraph 23(1)(a) comes into force in respect of Quebec and this Act amended and renumbered, consequentially upon the repeal of this section, by proclamation issued by the Queen or the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada.

Short title and citationsE+W+S+N.I.

60This Act may be cited as theConstitution Act 1982, and the Constitutions Acts 1867 to 1975 (No. 2) and this Act may be cited together as theConstitution Acts 1867 to 1982.

SCHEDULEE+W+S+N.I. to the CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982

Modernization of the Constitution

Item

Column I Act Affected

Column II Amendment

Column III New Name

1

British North America Act, 1867, 30–31 Vict., c. 3 (U.K.)

(1) Section 1 is repealed and the following substituted therefor: “1. This Act may be cited as the Constitution Act, 1867.”(2) Section 20 is repealed.(3) Class 1 of section 91 is repealed.(4) Class 1 of section 92 is repealed.

Constitution Act, 1867

2

An Act to amend and continue the Act 32–33 Victoria chapter 3; and to establish and provide for the Government of the Province of Manitoba, 1870, 33 Vict., c. 3 (Can.)

(1) The long title is repealed and the following substituted therefor: “Manitoba Act, 1870.”(2) Section 20 is repealed.

Manitoba Act, 1870

3

Order of Her Majesty in Council admitting Rupert’s Land and North-Western Territory into the Union, dated the 23rd day of June, 1870

Rupert’s Land and North-Western Territory Order

4

Order of Her Majesty in Council admitting British Columbia into the Union, dated the 16th day of May, 1871

British Columbia Terms of Union

5

British North America Act, 1871, 34–35 Vict., c. 28 (U.K.)

Section 1 is repealed and the following substituted therefor: “1. This Act may be cited as the Constitution Act, 1871.”

Constitution Act, 1871

6

Order of Her Majesty in Council admitting Prince Edward Island into the Union, dated the 26th day of June, 1873

Prince Edward Island Terms of Union

7

Parliament of Canada Act, 1875, 38–39 Vict., c. 38 (U.K.)

Parliament of Canada Act, 1875

8

Order of Her Majesty in Council admitting all British possessions and Territories in North America and islands adjacent thereto into the Union, dated the 31st day of July, 1880

Adjacent Territories Order

9

British North America Act, 1886, 49–50 Vict., c. 35 (U.K.)

Section 3 is repealed and the following substituted therefor: “3. This Act may be cited as the Constitution Act, 1886.”

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